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The Essay

Secret Admirers

Episode 1: Sarah Walker on John White

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Radio 3 classical music presenter Sarah Walker celebrates a composer whose music has particularly inspired her, English experimentalist John White. Show more

The Essay

Secret Admirers

Episode 2: Tom Service on Arnold Bax

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Tom Service celebrates composer Arnold Bax, whose music reflects his love of the remarkable landscape of north west Scotland where Tom spent his childhood summer holidays. Show more

The Essay

Secret Admirers

Episode 3: Lucie Skeaping on Thomas Ravenscroft

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Radio 3 presenter Lucie Skeaping celebrates a composer whose music has particularly inspired her: Thomas Ravenscroft, contemporary of Shakespeare and popular songwriter. Show more

The Essay

Secret Admirers

Episode 4: Martin Handley on Malcolm Arnold

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Radio 3 presenter Martin Handley celebrates a composer whose music has particularly inspired him: Malcolm Arnold, creator of symphonies of great emotional depth and complexity. Show more

The Essay

Secret Admirers

Episode 5: Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Hildegard of Bingen

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Radio 3 presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates a composer whose music has particularly inspired her: the remarkable 12th-century abbess and mystic Hildegard of Bingen. Show more